Abortion was legal and available into the late 1800’s. In the 18th century, women wanted to hide their sex before marriage opposed to today, abortion is considered killing a human being. This is due to this notion of quickening. The public provided info on Sarah Grosvenor. If it weren’t for this, nobody would know about this case/story. Midwives took places of physicians. They took care of women who were getting for birth and provided support to women that were prosecuted. On the other hand, men didn't have any consequences. For women, there's no denying. Men can deny. After all, women physically have the baby, not the man. There’s this social stigma of the American notion of sexual behavior/sex education. Religiously, this was considered
